Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers sold steady, while feeder heifers sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-3.00 lower, Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $307.04/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$307.04

198 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,071

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$251.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.32

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	462	326.57	1,510	139
Medium and Large 1-2	470	276.36	1,300	45
Medium and Large 2	433	222.28	962	13thin
Small 4	585	75.00	439	1thin

One grade step is worth $251.57/cwt here — about $1,071 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale198 hd

307.04

—

NM average4 barns · 2,097 hd

289.72

+17.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,455	118.12	1,719	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,345	110.33	1,484	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	730	75.87	554	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	949	$1,285	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	807	$1,185	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	712	$650	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	958	$1,475	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	650	$1,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

110 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	283.99/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	315.83/cwt	302.00–335.00	1,519	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	135	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	306.21/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	336.26/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,406	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	372.28/cwt	367.00–377.00	1,344	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	753	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	325	311.94/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	303.30/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,583	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	260.67/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	233.47/cwt	230.00–240.00	976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	308	264.63/cwt	250.00–280.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	388	314.20/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,219	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	387.59/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	423	313.05/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	464	308.63/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,432	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	243.38/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	235.94/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,163	2
Steers	Small 4	—	585	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	246.44/cwt	235.00–265.00	673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	185	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	324.08/cwt	287.00–340.00	1,173	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	244.31/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	371.97/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,172	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	224.01/cwt	200.00–237.00	1,526	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	307.79/cwt	277.50–315.00	960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	333	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	269.01/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	285.82/cwt	265.00–302.00	1,366	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	216.18/cwt	195.00–250.00	800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	357	384.20/cwt	382.00–387.00	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	288.91/cwt	277.50–292.00	757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	259.90/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	412	358.95/cwt	353.00–365.00	1,479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	308.58/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	105	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	222.29/cwt	200.00–245.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	850	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	918	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	540	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	635	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	635	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	432	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	74.81/cwt	71.00–79.00	561	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	820	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	804	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	920	110.55/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,017	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	730	84.23/cwt	83.00–86.00	615	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	595	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	327	1
Bulls	—	—	1,313	114.69/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,506	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	828	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	110.60/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,534	43
Bulls	—	—	1,405	106.83/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,501	2
Bulls	—	—	1,588	125.67/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,996	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,453	119.48/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,736	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	914	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,371	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,203	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	108.33/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,319	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	705	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	712	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	705	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	698	975.00/head	925.00–1,025.00	975	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	504	294.79/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	211.76/cwt	190.00–230.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	284.35/cwt	267.50–305.00	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	280.31/cwt	265.00–297.00	1,334	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	271.63/cwt	258.00–277.00	1,412	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	285	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	215	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	301.15/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,265	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	194.82/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	259.81/cwt	247.00–275.00	1,486	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	252.71/cwt	230.00–262.00	1,574	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	291.23/cwt	265.00–307.00	1,101	13

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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